The prospective next German government’s plans to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict debt rules and to set up ...

Germany's outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz has hailed a multi-billion-euro spending package that passed the Bundestag on ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is asking lawmakers Tuesday to allow the country to put ...

Germany's conservative bloc is set to begin coalition talks with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) of outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, as it seeks to form the next government. After ...

Germany has emerged from its recent election with a grand coalition of the center-right CDU/CSU and the Social Democratic ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday expressed caution regarding the idea of using French nuclear weapons to protect other European countries, as he arrived at an EU summit in Brussels. When ...

By Satyaki Chakraborty The polarization in German politics widened after national elections on Sunday, February 23 in which the conservative CDU/CSU with 28.5 per cent votes topped among the political ...

Bruising times for center-left parties have U.K. Labour looking abroad — and trying to dodge the same pitfalls.

Wie viel Ruhegehalt der Kanzler bekommt, hängt von der Dauer der Amtszeit ab. Die Amtsbezüge von Olaf Scholz sehen wie folgt aus: Er bekommt nach dem Bundesministergesetz 1 2/3 des Grundgehalts ...

Negotiators from German election winner Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the center-left Social Democrats have started exploratory talks on a possible coalition government.